Web Custom Control - Datagrid Event Handling Problem

[The Alchemist]

I am having a problem with a dynamically-generated Datagrid. It is
important to point out that this problem does not exist with a
design-time created Datagrid, but only with a dynamically generated
Datagrid in a Web Custom Control (WCC) :

The datagrid has LinkButton Column which has a select LinkButton for
each row. When this button is clicked, the Datagrid raises its
'ItemCommand' event which captures the information for that row and
sends it to a event handler method. The problem is that this method is
never getting called. It seems logical to assume that there is
something wrong with the event-wiring of the datagrid. The signature
of the event-handler is:

Private Sub DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object,
ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs ) Handles
dg.ItemCommand

(dg is the name of the datagrid). The 'Handles' keyword in VB.Net is
supposed to wire the event to the handler but that is not happening.
So I tried to manually add the handler to the event with the following
line of code in the CreateChildControls method of the WCC using the
line:

AddHandler dg.ItemCommand, AddressOf Me.DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged

That does not work either. The datagrid loads up just fine, and on
selecting a row it does a PostBack and hits the OnLoad event but never
hits the event-handler method.

Why is this event not being wired to the handler? Or might there be
some other problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.

BZ

[Raterus]

Please don't crosspost, this post has no business in these forums as it has nothing to do with VB or VB's controls.

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb,
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls

I'll be nice though and answer your question, you haven't re-instantiated your datagrid in page_load of the postbacked page, and given it the same ID as the previous page had.

"The Alchemist" <al*******@lycos.com> wrote in message news:ee**************************@posting.google.c om...

I am having a problem with a dynamically-generated Datagrid. It is
important to point out that this problem does not exist with a
design-time created Datagrid, but only with a dynamically generated
Datagrid in a Web Custom Control (WCC) :

The datagrid has LinkButton Column which has a select LinkButton for
each row. When this button is clicked, the Datagrid raises its
'ItemCommand' event which captures the information for that row and
sends it to a event handler method. The problem is that this method is
never getting called. It seems logical to assume that there is
something wrong with the event-wiring of the datagrid. The signature
of the event-handler is:

Private Sub DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object,
ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs ) Handles
dg.ItemCommand

(dg is the name of the datagrid). The 'Handles' keyword in VB.Net is
supposed to wire the event to the handler but that is not happening.
So I tried to manually add the handler to the event with the following
line of code in the CreateChildControls method of the WCC using the
line:

AddHandler dg.ItemCommand, AddressOf Me.DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged

That does not work either. The datagrid loads up just fine, and on
selecting a row it does a PostBack and hits the OnLoad event but never
hits the event-handler method.

Why is this event not being wired to the handler? Or might there be
some other problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.



BZ

[The Alchemist]

"Raterus" <ra*****@spam.org> wrote in message news:<u#**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

Please don't crosspost, this post has no business in these forums as it
has nothing to do with VB or VB's controls.

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb,
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls
This control is written in VB.Net, how can it not be relevant to these
groups?

I'll be nice though and answer your question, you haven't
re-instantiated your datagrid in page load of the postbacked page, and
given it the same ID as the previous page had.
Yes I did and it does not not work.

I am posting the code below, any help would be MUCH appreciated.
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.web.UI.WebControls

<DefaultProperty("Text"), ToolboxData("<{0}:WebCustomControl1
runat=server></{0}:WebCustomControl1>")> Public Class
WebCustomControl1
Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl

Protected WithEvents dg As DataGrid
Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal output As
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)

Dim DataTable As New DataTable

Dim col As New DataColumn
col.ColumnName = "Last Name"
DataTable.Columns.Add(col)
Dim col2 As New DataColumn
col2.ColumnName = "First Name"
DataTable.Columns.Add(col2)
Dim col3 As New DataColumn
col3.ColumnName = "Level"
DataTable.Columns.Add(col3)

Dim selectColumn As New ButtonColumn
selectColumn.ButtonType = ButtonColumnType.LinkButton
selectColumn.CommandName = "select"
selectColumn.Text = "select"

dg.Columns.Add(selectColumn)

Dim row As DataRow
row = DataTable.NewRow
row.Item(0) = "Smith"
row.Item(1) = "John"
row.Item(2) = "Level 1"
DataTable.Rows.Add(row)

row = DataTable.NewRow
row.Item(0) = "Jones"
row.Item(1) = "Mary"
row.Item(2) = "Level 2"
DataTable.Rows.Add(row)

dg.DataSource = DataTable
dg.DataBind()
dg.RenderControl(output)
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

dg = New DataGrid
dg.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red
dg.ID = "testID"
'I tried the following line instead of using the handles
keyword and that didnt work either:
'AddHandler dg.ItemCommand, AddressOf
Me.DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged
Controls.Add(dg)

End Sub

'Public Sub bz()

Private Sub DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object,
ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs ) Handles
dg.ItemCommand

Debug.WriteLine("The event handler has been called.")

End Sub

End Class



"The Alchemist" <al*******@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:ee**************************@posting.google.c om...

I am having a problem with a dynamically-generated Datagrid. It is
important to point out that this problem does not exist with a
design-time created Datagrid, but only with a dynamically generated
Datagrid in a Web Custom Control (WCC) :

The datagrid has LinkButton Column which has a select LinkButton for
each row. When this button is clicked, the Datagrid raises its
'ItemCommand' event which captures the information for that row and
sends it to a event handler method. The problem is that this method is
never getting called. It seems logical to assume that there is
something wrong with the event-wiring of the datagrid. The signature
of the event-handler is:

Private Sub DataGrid1 SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object,
ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs ) Handles
dg.ItemCommand

(dg is the name of the datagrid). The 'Handles' keyword in VB.Net is
supposed to wire the event to the handler but that is not happening.
So I tried to manually add the handler to the event with the following
line of code in the CreateChildControls method of the WCC using the
line:

AddHandler dg.ItemCommand, AddressOf Me.DataGrid1 SelectedIndexChanged

That does not work either. The datagrid loads up just fine, and on
selecting a row it does a PostBack and hits the OnLoad event but never
hits the event-handler method.

Why is this event not being wired to the handler? Or might there be
some other problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.

BZ

[John Saunders]

"The Alchemist" <al*******@lycos.com> wrote in message
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"Raterus" <ra*****@spam.org> wrote in message

news:<u#**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

I'll be nice though and answer your question, you haven't
re-instantiated your datagrid in page load of the postbacked page, and
given it the same ID as the previous page had.

Yes I did and it does not not work.

I am posting the code below, any help would be MUCH appreciated.
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.web.UI.WebControls

<DefaultProperty("Text"), ToolboxData("<{0}:WebCustomControl1
runat=server></{0}:WebCustomControl1>")> Public Class
WebCustomControl1
Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl

Protected WithEvents dg As DataGrid
Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

dg = New DataGrid
dg.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red
dg.ID = "testID"
'I tried the following line instead of using the handles
keyword and that didnt work either:
'AddHandler dg.ItemCommand, AddressOf
Me.DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged
Controls.Add(dg)

End Sub

How about MyBase.OnLoad(e)
--
John Saunders
johnwsaundersiii at hotmail

[Mircea Pleteriu]

Hi,

I am experiencing the same problem as you are.
Have you got any solution?

"The Alchemist" <al*******@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:ee**************************@posting.google.c om...

I am having a problem with a dynamically-generated Datagrid. It is
important to point out that this problem does not exist with a
design-time created Datagrid, but only with a dynamically generated
Datagrid in a Web Custom Control (WCC) :

The datagrid has LinkButton Column which has a select LinkButton for
each row. When this button is clicked, the Datagrid raises its
'ItemCommand' event which captures the information for that row and
sends it to a event handler method. The problem is that this method is
never getting called. It seems logical to assume that there is
something wrong with the event-wiring of the datagrid. The signature
of the event-handler is:

Private Sub DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object,
ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs ) Handles
dg.ItemCommand

(dg is the name of the datagrid). The 'Handles' keyword in VB.Net is
supposed to wire the event to the handler but that is not happening.
So I tried to manually add the handler to the event with the following
line of code in the CreateChildControls method of the WCC using the
line:

AddHandler dg.ItemCommand, AddressOf Me.DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged

That does not work either. The datagrid loads up just fine, and on
selecting a row it does a PostBack and hits the OnLoad event but never
hits the event-handler method.

Why is this event not being wired to the handler? Or might there be
some other problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.

BZ